Darren Ferguson: Here comes the son

Darren Ferguson is moving out of father Alex’s shadow at highflying League Two Peterborough

On the wall hangs a signed photograph of Jimmy Greaves, bearing the message, "Be Lucky!" There's a holiday snap of the kids, a printout of reserve team fixtures and videos with blockbusting titles such as "Grimsby", "Torquay", "Chester", "Rotherham". Whose office? The bottles of wine on top of a mini-fridge are a clue. A good vintage? "God knows," says their owner, smiling. "I don't drink it much, but everybody knows it's customary for managers to come in after matches for a glass of red."

Darren Ferguson is his father's son and his own man. It's possible to be both, as anybody who meets him soon learns. Little more than a year since taking his first job in management with Peterborough United, he has risen to the top of League Two and floated just as effortlessly above the familial comparisons that would have weighed down a less strong personality. Nigel Clough